Technology has made it possible to copy, steal indigenous symbols and art, music, dance, and other forms of traditional cultural expression. This has been one of the challenges of local artists, according to Villanueva.” We have these people videoing it and taking pictures, then mass-producing it elsewhere. It is hard to compete when they are mass-producing a sinahi design.” He also recalled how one of the local Chamorro artists saw his design replicated in a piece, which was mass marketed for commercial purchase outside the island.

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